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04/10/2024
In its April 9 meeting, the Watsonville City Council voted to seek contractor bids to clear out a homeless camp from the nearly 2-acre lot on Airport Boulevard.

04/01/2024
The City of Watsonville announced a partnership with a Connecticut based software company to utilize the SeeClickFix mobile app for citizens to report non-emergency issues.

01/29/2024
One of Watsonville’s most recognizable and historic community hubs could be getting a new look as the city plans a comprehensive revitalization of its downtown City Plaza.

12/27/2023
A draft of the city’s housing plans for the next eight years, which includes the construction of 2,053 new units, is available for the public to view at the Watsonville Public Library, Old City Hall and online.

12/13/2023
For only the second time in Watsonville’s history, the City Council will be led by two women, and for the first time by two millennial Latina women: Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, 37, and Maria Orozco, 35.

10/03/2023
The Watsonville Municipal Airport could be looking at a greener future. The airport recently received $83,575 through the Federal Aviation Administration for a zero-emissions vehicle and infrastructure project.

09/06/2023
Planning commissioners unanimously approved city staff's recommendation for the council to adopt the Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan.

06/16/2023
Early this year, a cross-county working group developed a plan to provide shelter for those living along the Pajaro River's bed.

05/10/2023
As far back as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, California has set a target date of 2030 to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to those lower than they were prior to 1990. The legislation prompted other municipalities to adopt their own climate action plans, including Watsonville.

04/03/2023
As Watsonville approaches a new Housing Element six-year cycle, a special meeting will be held Tuesday to review where things stand with the current cycle as the city presents its annual progress report.

03/16/2023
Coming soon to a Watsonville City Council agenda near you: improvements to traffic on Green Valley Road as well as the city's striping and potholes program.

02/11/2023
Watsonville Mayor Eduardo Montesino writes, “The start of 2023 was far from what anyone expected it to be.”

12/09/2022
“Serving as Watsonville's mayor for the past year has been a great honor,” writes Ari Parker.

11/01/2022
Four seats on the Watsonville City Council are up for election this November, but only one, District 7, is contested. Mayor Ari Parker, the incumbent, faces veteran politician Nancy A. Bilicich. Lookout asked each candidate two questions; only Bilicich responded.

04/26/2022
Future residents of Hillcrest Estates—a 144-unit development set to be built in Watsonville—will need to pay fees to maintain and improve a pit of contaminated soil, after the Watsonville City Council approved an unusual development agreement.

03/22/2022
Lifelong Watsonville resident Irwin Ortiz is Watsonville’s newest city clerk, after city councilmembers unanimously voted for his appointment. Ortiz worked under Beatriz Flores, who held the clerk position before she retired in March.

03/20/2022
While Watsonville voters decide whether to extend Measure U, which would limit development of farmland, Watsonville native Stephen Rocha is working with DeBernardo Realty to convert his family’s 150 acres into a multi-use compound.

02/28/2022
As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $1.1 billion Clean California initiative, a section of the Highway 129/152 corridor that serves as Watsonville’s “main street” will see landscaping and repaving work.

01/03/2022
Between previously scheduled agenda items, members of the Watsonville Vision Zero Task Force discussed a new evaluation of the city’s bicycle safety infrastructure and programs offered by the League of American Bicyclists.

12/02/2021
A restaurant owner of a popular airport eatery is ready to move on and pass the business to a new owner—but the airport management disagrees with her choice.